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Rising gold prices lead Côte d’Ivoire to impose more tax on gold miners
Côte d’Ivoire will impose a tax of 19 per cent on gold mine profits in an attempt to benefit from soaring world prices
Sabie forest ravaged by fire
Plantations around the Sabie area in South Africa's Mpumalanga province have been ravaged by five forest fires in the past week
UN tackles central African deforestation in US$7.3 million project
A UN-backed forest-monitoring initiative, valued at approximately US$7.3mn, will see 10 central African countries unite in the interest of protecting the region’s forests
Uganda denounces Oxfam land-grabbing claim
The Ugandan government has refuted reports from Oxfam International that it is working with UK-based global company New Forests Company (NFC) on land grabs for investments of commercial forest plantations
Egypt to invest US$200 million in Tanzania sugar factory
An Egyptian investment firm has said it is close to signing a deal to invest US$200 million into a large Tanzanian sugar factory project
